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Tenability of Passing Off Action against “COVISHIELD” of Serum Institute of...
As you are aware of, Covishield, the vaccine candidate of Serum Institute of India was approved by Drug Controller General of India for restricted emergency use. Pertinently, a passing off suit was...
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Topical Highlight Sci-Hub and Libgen Up against Academic Publishers: A Death Knell for Access to Research? – Part I In this three-part post, Nikhil dissects the ongoing copyright litigation in the...
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Interdigital v. Xiaomi: Relevance for Defendant’s Rights beyond SEP Litigation
Recently, Nikhil covered InterDigital’s ongoing SEP (Standard Essential Patents) infringement dispute with Xiaomi, wherein a Confidentiality Club was proposed for sharing confidential documents to...
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Interdigital v. Xiaomi: Confidential Information and Open Courts
Image from here In this post on the recent Delhi High Court order in Interdigital v. Xiaomi, I highlight how the common practice of courts granting confidentiality in commercial litigation without much...
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The Sci-Hub Case: Why It is Time to Stop Favouring the Doctrinal Approach to...
image from here The Sci-Hub/Libgen case continues to generate interest from researchers across the country. We’re pleased to bring you another guest post on this issue, this time one that showcases the...
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Draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Proposes Major Changes to...
[This post has been co-authored with Praharsh Gour] On 2/01/2021, the Ministry of Science and Technology rolled out the draft version of the proposed Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. The...
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National Biodiversity Authority Imposing Upfront Monetary Payment as Benefit...
Image from here There has been a recent development in the context of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (‘BDA’), which I thought was interesting to share and discuss on the blog. Back in 2018, the...
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Issues in Sci-Hub Case ‘A Matter of Public Importance’
Pic from here In a great start to the Sci-Hub litigation (Elsevier, Wiley, and ACS vs Sci-Hub, LibGen – for background context, see the bottom of this post), Justice Midha at the Delhi High Court...
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The Inverse Ratio Rule: On Its Stairway to Heaven?
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Prerna Sengupta and Riddhi Bang, critiquing the inverse ratio rule of copyright infringement and its application by Indian courts, in light...
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Take Two!: Screenwriters Rights Association of India Applies for Registration...
[This post has been co-authored with Varsha Jhavar.] Image from here Recently, the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) filed a revised application before the Registrar of Copyrights to be...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 4 – 10)
Topical Highlight Issues in Sci-Hub Case ‘A Matter of Public Importance’ Image from here In this post, Swaraj highlighted some issues that came up during the hearing of the recent litigation, involving...
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IPAB’s First Statutory License Order Overhauls Radio Royalty System
On 31st December 2020, an IPAB bench consisting of the Chairman Manmohan Singh J. and two technical members Surya Senthil and SP Chockalingam, delivered a grand statutory license order for radio...
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Delhi HC Order Cripples Authors’ Royalty Rights in Underlying Works
Image from here A shocking order delivered by the Delhi HC on 4th January in IPRS v. ENIL and PPL v. CRI Events, only days after the landmark radio royalty statutory license order, has held that...
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Patent Drafting Positions at Remfry & Sagar, Bengaluru & Gurgaon
We are pleased to inform you that Remfry & Sagar, one of India’s leading IP law firms, is looking to recruit two candidates for patent drafting for its Bengaluru and Gurgaon offices. For further...
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Delhi High Court Interprets ‘Export’ as ‘Use’ in India; Grants Interim...
Images from here and here The Delhi High Court passed an order last month in the matter of H Lundbeck A/S v. Hetro Drugs Ltd., whereby it ruled that “export of the products from India would amount to...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (January 11-24)
Topical Highlight Delhi HC Order Cripples Authors’ Royalty Rights in Underlying Works Image from here I critiqued the Delhi High Court’s order in IPRS v. ENIL, which held that underlying works...
View ArticleThe Delhi High Court Judgement in the IPRS Case (2021)
This blog carried a piece on the Delhi High Court’s recent judgment in IPRS v. Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. last week. As pointed out there, the judgement distinguishes between cases where...
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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol....
We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Summer 2021 Issue (Volume IV, Issue II)...
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Topical Highlight The Delhi High Court Judgement in the IPRS Case (2021) In this post, Adarsh Ramanujan analyses the Delhi High Court’s recent judgment in IPRS v. Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. The...
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Revised Non-Personal Data Governance Framework and Intellectual Property...
Image from here The Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data (NPD) Governance Framework headed by Kris Gopalakrishnan, constituted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had...
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